The ruling on a woman who comes as an envoy from the disbelievers and then embraces Islam

The questioner:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. The questioner says: If a woman sends an envoy from the disbelievers to the Muslims, and she embraces Islam and desires not to return to the disbelievers, does...

The Shaykh:
What? If she sent. She sent, yes. If a woman sent. They.

The questioner:
an envoy from the disbelievers to the Muslims, and she embraced Islam, and desired not to return to the disbelievers, is her ruling the same as that of a man?

The Shaykh:
The envoy returns after fulfilling his mission; this is an exception, whether the envoy is a man or a woman. Although the norm is that envoys are not women; women do not come as envoys. The norm is that they are men. So sending women has no basis. This is a system of the disbelievers with no basis in Islam. Women are not sent, yes, nor are they made ambassadors, nor ministers, nor presidents of republics. This is contrary to the system of Islam. A people will not succeed if they place a woman in charge of their affairs.